Ground forces Red Army, Soviet Union 1918-1991

The USSR Ground Forces are one of the branches of the Armed Forces of the USSR, intended to conduct military and combat operations primarily on land. The most numerous and diverse in terms of weapons and methods of conducting military and combat operations branch of the USSR Armed Forces and their integral part — the Soviet Army. As an independent branch of the Armed Forces of the USSR, they existed from February 25, 1946 to March 1950, from March 1955 to March 1964, and from November 1967 until the end of the USSR.

The predecessor of the USSR Ground Forces were the ground forces of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. They included rifle troops (infantry), cavalry, armored troops, artillery, special forces, and rear units. They did not have a single leadership, although their share in the total number of the Red Army and Navy amounted to over 80% as of May 1945; each of these branches of the armed forces was headed by its own directorate (or Main Directorate).

Composition of the Ground Forces
In the 1950s–1980s, the Ground Forces included the following main branches of the armed forces:

motorized rifle troops (until March 12, 1957 — rifle troops);
airborne troops — from April 1956 to March 1964;
airborne assault formations — from June 1968 to August 1990;
tank troops (until 1954 — armored and mechanized troops, until 1960 — armored troops);
missile troops and artillery — RViA (until January 1961 — artillery of the Soviet Army);
army aviation — since December 1990;
communication troops;
engineering troops;
air defense troops of the Ground Forces;
chemical troops;
logistics units.

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